The Version They Couldn’t Handle

🗞️ The version they posted of me was easier to believe.

Clickbait.

Condensed.

Convenient.

Because the truth?

The actual truth?

It wasn’t simple enough to screenshot.

And it wasn’t negative enough to spread.

So they ignored the version that didn’t suit their narrative.

The version that kept going.

The one they couldn’t control.

🔦 Here’s what you won’t find in their stories.

They won’t mention the times I spent hours walking someone through their ICO complaint.

They won’t reference the Google takedown forms I completed for strangers who were too overwhelmed to fight back.

They won’t talk about the social media training I gave to a young lad in Inverness whose mum was being defamed online.

They won’t mention that when I could’ve disappeared, I stayed — and helped.

Because helping?

That doesn’t fuel outrage.

That doesn’t sell.

But that’s what I did.

And still do.

🧾 It’s not heroism. It’s what they should’ve done.

The journalists.

The “community advocates.”

The influencers who posted hashtags but vanished when it got uncomfortable.

They were never here for the people in the comments.

They were here for clicks.

For silence.

For reputational insurance.

So I filled the gap they left behind.

🔐 It’s wild how threatened people get when your survival doesn’t look like shame.

When you keep showing up.

When your name starts ranking again — not because of them, but in spite of them.

They don’t know what to do with that.

Because it means the story changed.

But here’s what they missed:

The version they built?

It’s collapsing under the weight of what I’ve actually done.

📚 This is the version they couldn’t handle.

Not the one in the paper.

Not the one whispered behind private stories.

Not the one that made rounds without question.

This version is harder.

Smarter.

Quieter.

Stronger.

Because it’s built on real actions.

Not narratives.

Not hearsay.

Not silence.

And this version is permanent.

📎 Archived Where They Can’t Touch It:

• ⚫ The Black Files — Systemic negligence, exposed

• 📂 The Public File — Truth, without apology

• 🛤️ The Long Return — The road back to self

• 🎭 Playback Series — 20 posts they hoped would disappear

• 🟨 Not Just a Name (Current) — This is the version they didn’t want you to find